- Parnell St. Ground Floor and Basement - metal bar with jukebox, pool table, smoking area and live bands at weekends. Downstairs, the music is your average rock alternative (Pixies, Korn, Garbage, Smashing Pumpkins etc.), some metal and a small sprinkling of goth, basically Sisters & Joy Division and you'd be be lucky to get much else. That said, when we had our brief stint there EBM went down a treat. The bar is open all day from God knows when until 2 am every night of the week. Though be warned, it isn't the most salubrious pub in the world... Friday is Metal Night. new website: http://www.fibbermagees.ie/

Whelans

- after the pub closes and the gig ends, the venue become a club. We think it's indie on a Sat night but we're not sure!

- South Great George's St - has all sorts of knicknacks... The Old Pine-(candles & so forth), retro stuff, records & CD stalls, book stalls etc. Made to design jewellery and lots of other stuff... Jenny Vander (vintage stuff) has moved across the road.

- Mary St., Parnell St., Jervis St., Liffey St. Lower and then up to the Quays and onto Temple Bar via The Ha'penny Bridge onto Merchants Quay or the new Millennium Bridge.

And of course Temple Bar area

- itself has shops, {from Haute Couture to bric-a-brac}, There are also open air markets at the weekend, with book and record stalls, and a lovely food market.stalls, eateries, tourist places, art houses & galleries criss-crossing the whole area.

Both shopping areas are easily crossed and shopping both sides can be done in a day.

- Wicklow St, Dublin 2 (01) 6713250 for "new" and old goth stuff...
They have a goth-industrial-experimental section, but it is small and {kind of} very expensive. Also check the Rock A-Z as sometimes there's a few cds
not in the goth section.
Also Tower Records, in Easons, O'Connell St, Dublin 1 (01) 8786680 but there is no dedicated Goth/industrial section.

If you've time pick places to go and see and visit some of the tourist places such as Glasnevin Cemetery, Howth Head etc, Dublinia, St Patrick's Cathedral, Christchurch Cathedral, Kilmainham Gaol etc.

Hidden Dublin Tours

- help people explore the real Dublin on foot learning about the characters, mysteries and histories of this thousand year old city, accros a variety of historical periods and unique locations frequented only them. http://www.hiddendublinwalks.com/.

There's also museums (history and art - modern and old), art galleries, Chester Beatty Library and Book Of Kells in Trinity College and such like dotted around the city if people are so inclined.

If you have time and are taking a few days off and hiring a car, you should go down to Co. Wicklow to see Glendalough and up to Co. Meath to see the infamous Newgrange, Knowth and Dowth prehistoric sites (older than the Pyramids in Egypt) and the Hill Of Tara. Also if there's time down travel futher and west to Co. Cork to see the Blarney Stone, Rock of Cashel and all the touristy places.

Some venues do have their own box office - some don't. Best check yourselves! Naturally if they have a box office will be slightly lots cheaper than Ticketmaster but then you have to be at the venue or on the phone and not sure where seating is (if seating is available).